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Poetry Potlucks
The newly formed Pathways Projects Institutes is presenting a winter series called Pathways Poetry Potlucks, beginning Feb. 14 when West Tisbury poet laureate Fan Ogilvie hosts Readings of Newly Beloved Poems at 3 p.m. at the Chilmark Tavern. Participants are invited to bring two copies of a new poem to read or to simply enjoy the readings.
For those interested in supporting Haitian artists, you may bring a postcard to add to the collection of Valentines for Haiti: Poems from one Island to Another.
Science Fair
The 11th annual Science Fair at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School will be held on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the school cafeteria and library.
About 180 students will present their investigative and engineering projects for judging before the fair opens to the public at 11 a.m., followed by the awards ceremony at noon.
Farm Offer Aids Haiti
Islanders can support Haiti relief efforts by buying locally-grown produce today: Whippoorwill Farm will offer the public produce from its fields and greenhouse, with 25 per cent of the proceeds donated to the earthquake relief effort in Haiti. Pickup is today only, Friday, Feb. 5 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The share will include a large bag of salad greens, cabbage, onions, potatoes, carrots, turnips, rutabaga and leeks. Cost is $20, paid at the farm; preregistration is not required, and it is open to all.
Secretary Ken Salazar said he was “very bullish” about the future of offshore wind energy, but refused to give any hint of whether or not he would approve the controversial Cape Wind project, during a media conference aboard the Coast Guard vessel Ida Lewis on Tuesday afternoon. Speaking on board the buoy tender at the site of the proposed development at Horseshoe Shoal, Secretary Salazar indicated that the prospect of any compromise between those for and against the wind farm appeared unlikely. “I’m not holding my breath,” he said.
An Island woman died in a single-car accident Monday afternoon on Eastville avenue, across from the entrance to the emergency room at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
Rachel Dow, 37, of Pennywise Path in Edgartown, was driving out of the hospital parking lot around 5:45 p.m. when she drove through the T-shaped intersection into the woods across the street. According to Massachusetts state police trooper David Parent, her vehicle burst into flames.
The close-knit West Tisbury firefighting community was flooded with sadness this weekend when one of its own — former West Tisbury fire lieutenant Daniel Prowten — was found dead in his Christiantown home after it was destroyed by fire early Saturday morning in bitterly cold weather.